#6BB5DD#6BB5DD

#6BB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.094 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6BB5DD
RGB	rgb(107, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -12.09, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 29.76, 246.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0557 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.094 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6336, 41.3911, 74.5041)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6BB5DD #DD936B

analogous

#6BDDCC #6BB5DD #6B7CDD

triadic

#6BB5DD #DD6BB5 #B5DD6B

tetradic

#6BB5DD #CC6BDD #DD936B #7CDD6B

square

#6BB5DD #CC6BDD #DD936B #7CDD6B

split-complementary

#6BB5DD #DD6B7C #DDCC6B

monochromatic

#267AA7 #399CD2 #6BB5DD #9DCEE8 #CFE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#6BB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#6BB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6BB5DD

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6BB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6BB5DD	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6bb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.094 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbe7',
    500: '#6bb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6bb5dd;
$custom-light: #9ccbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6bb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.053,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74017,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6BB5DD

secondary

#E6CCBE

accent

#591BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FC

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6BB5DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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